Charlotte Ross Quotes

Most people are remarkably resilient. Even those who have been through war or great loss often find reservoirs of strength. But the legacy of trauma is a heavy burden to bear.

My great aunt raised me for about four or five years. Something I took from her was a quote: 'Fear of suffering is far worse than suffering itself.' I actually have that tattooed on the back of my arm.

The only thing I know how to do is survive.

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

One of the things that I try to do when I have a tough time with anything - whatever it may be - is just look at someone else's situation. Here in Staten Island, look, I have people that have children that haven't been back in their home for 18 months after Sandy. They lost every worldly possession.

You're not going to live your life unscathed.

Life's fairly excruciating. Painful things happen. Every now and then, you drag yourself out of the stream and stand on the bank gasping for air. I think that's how I work.

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

The rejection that we all take and the sadness and the aggravation and the loss of jobs and all of the things that we live through in our lives, without a sense of humor, I don't know how people make it.

I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing about them if I did meet them.

I got hit a lot. I'm glad I lived through it.

Cancer is a very sad thing, but you can always take something from every experience.

'On earth the living have much to bear;' the difference is chiefly in the manner of bearing, and my manner of bearing is far from being the best.

I think everybody has their pain. For me, the time that I really had to grow up was when I was 15 and I had my best friend die of leukemia. Watching somebody so strong go through that is definitely something that will give you a little bit of depth. There have been a lot of things that have happened in my life that has forced me to grow up.

My truth is that what doesn't kill you makes you weaker rather than stronger, although it makes you wiser.

I hope not to define myself by suffering.

My dad died of a heart attack when I was 15. I was bullied mercilessly in middle school. I went through a divorce - those not-so-great things are all a part of me, and they give me a place to go when I cover those stories on the news. I'm more empathetic, more relatable because of them.

After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient.

There's many, many people who have been through a lot worse things than I went through. I lost my dad when I was 14 and to violence.

Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.

Everybody faces pain. Everybody has trauma.

Everyone gets depressed. But what do you do? You just go through it.

My mom got shot. My dad got shot. Some of the craziest stuff. All that happened to me.